Category: Music
Mert & Marcus Turn the Premise for “Ganja Burn” Into Nicki, Queen of the Desert
Fond of poaching Madonna’s most prized and trusted collaborators of late (see: the videos for “Chun-Li” and “Barbie Tingz“), Nicki Minaj is now turning to [Read More…]
Miles Kane Might Have Actually Had a “Coup De Grace” With More LDR Songwriting on His Latest Album
Miles Kane, sometimes known as one-half of The Last Shadow Puppets, somewhat publicly shamed (albeit unintentionally) a recently gender neutral Lana Del Rey when it was [Read More…]
Madonna Reiterates the “Every Record Sounds the Same” Sentiment of “Give Me All Your Luvin'”
In 2008, Madonna cultivated the on-trend sound of the era for her Hard Candy album thanks to poaching Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Justin Timberlake as [Read More…]
Nicki Minaj’s “Barbie Dreams” Rewrites the Misogyny of Notorious B.I.G.’s “Just Playing (Dreams)”
Because of Notorious B.I.G.’s untouchable status as rap legend, it’s often difficult to talk as frankly about how unwell his lyrics hold up with the [Read More…]
Bow Down to the Generous Queen: Nicki Minaj
Like most celebrities toeing the line between expected controversy and some modicum of respectability, 2018 has presented a challenge for a few people in terms [Read More…]
Thinkin’ Bout How Jack Antonoff Has Somehow Remade Lana Del Rey in Lena Dunham’s Image
It’s not feminist or whatever to talk about women’s looks in the present climate, especially when famous women already have enough scrutiny on a daily [Read More…]
“Blue Jeans”: The Forever Pool-Drenched Song of End of Summer
While Lana Del Rey had to “just ride” on the coattails of a remix’s success in order to find a larger audience in the mainstream [Read More…]
Sky Ferreira’s Version of “Voices Carry” Packs A Lot of Intent
Like many women in the music industry who deal with the constant uphill battle that is simply being a woman in the music industry, Sky [Read More…]
If “Get Together” & Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem Reproduced, It Would Be Something Akin to CHVRCHES & Wednesday Campanella’s “Out of My Head” Video
The impact anime and animation has had on the music video world has only steadily increased ever since A-ha’s “Take On Me” (that’s right) wowed [Read More…]
“In My Feelings” Anew: Drake Gives His Dance Craze An Official Video
Like Ola Ray in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, Drake awakens at the end of the visual accompaniment to “In My Feelings” both terrified and relieved, [Read More…]
